ARC Gloria

ARC Gloria at sunset in Cartagena.
History
Colombia
Name:	Gloria
Ordered:	6 October 1966
Builder:	Astilleros Celaya S.A., Bilbao, Spain
Commissioned:	7 September 1968
General characteristics
Type:	Barque
Displacement:	1,300 tons
Length:	64.7 metres (212 ft)
Beam:	10.6 metres (35 ft)
Draft:	6.6 metres (22 ft)
Propulsion:	Diesel, 500 hp
Sail plan:	1,400 square metres (15,000 sq ft)
Speed:	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) under power
Notes:	[1]

The ARC Gloria (IMO 8642555) is a three-masted barque. She is a training ship and official flagship of the Colombian Navy.^[2]

The Colombian Government authorized its navy to acquire a training ship in 1966. A contract was signed with the Spanish shipyard Celaya of Bilbao in October 1966, and began to be fulfilled in April 1967. The ship was commissioned on 7 September 1968 with the vessel moored at the wharf of Deusto Channel. She is one of four similar barques built as sail training vessels for Latin American navies; her half-sisters are the Mexican Cuauhtémoc, the Venezuelan Simón Bolívar and the Ecuadoran Guayas.^[3] Their design is similar to the 1930 designs of the German firm Blohm & Voss, like Gorch Fock, USCGC Eagle and the NRP Sagres.

The ship's name is a reference to the national anthem, Oh gloria inmarcesible (O Unfading Glory).

References

1. Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85
2. "ARC" stands for "Armada Nacional de la República de Colombia."
3. Schäuffelen, Otmar (2005). Chapman Great Sailing Ships of the World. Hearst Books. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-58816-384-4. Retrieved 2011-06-18.

Armada Nacional República de Colombia